1Ki 10:22 | KingComments | STEP | The glory of Solomon is that great, that even the silver is not considered as valuable. People come to him from every corner of the earth, with many gifts. This is what will happen when the Lord Jesus reigns. However, there is also something that is a warning to us with regard to merchandise. Solomon’s ships also bring apes and peacocks ( ). Apes stand for folly and peacocks for vanity. In the book of Ecclesiastes Solomon describes his research into the value of the things of life under the sun. He again and again comes to the conclusion that it is folly and vanity or futility. In that book he describes the time when he lived more or less separately from God, even though there was a certain feeling of His presence. This is how we can live. We know Who God is, yet we choose to live in the world. A wisdom greater than Solomon’s is within reach, but we often do not desire it. We can “be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding” ( ), but do we also pray for it? Or do we surrender to the foolish and vain things of the life of the world?

‏ 1 Kings 10:22

Various Glories

The glory of Solomon is that great, that even the silver is not considered as valuable. People come to him from every corner of the earth, with many gifts. This is what will happen when the Lord Jesus reigns.

However, there is also something that is a warning to us with regard to merchandise. Solomon’s ships also bring apes and peacocks (1Kgs 10:22). Apes stand for folly and peacocks for vanity. In the book of Ecclesiastes Solomon describes his research into the value of the things of life under the sun. He again and again comes to the conclusion that it is folly and vanity or futility. In that book he describes the time when he lived more or less separately from God, even though there was a certain feeling of His presence.

This is how we can live. We know Who God is, yet we choose to live in the world. A wisdom greater than Solomon’s is within reach, but we often do not desire it. We can “be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding” (Col 1:9), but do we also pray for it? Or do we surrender to the foolish and vain things of the life of the world?